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HARD MONEY

Definition: HARD MONEY

HARD MONEY

1. Coin or specie, as distinguished from paper money.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 



Specialty Definitions: HARD MONEY

DomainDefinitions

Economics

Currency of a nation having stability in the country and a reputation abroad for economic strength, and as a result it has wide and ready acceptability on world markets. (references)

Finance

Money with stability in purchasing power on inter-national exchange. Source: European Union. (references)
 A currency which is high against other currencies. Source: European Union. (references)
 Gold, silver or other precious metal in bulk, i. e. in the form of ingots or bars rather than in coin. Source: European Union. (references)

Politics & International Affaires

Personal donations to electoral candidates. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: HARD MONEY

English words defined with "HARD MONEY": hard upSoft money. (references)
Specialty definitions using "HARD MONEY": guiltwareHard LoanROCKEFELLER. (references)

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Modern Usage: HARD MONEY

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Hard Money (1984)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: HARD MONEY

DomainTitle

Books

  • Gold, Hard Money, and Financial Gurus (Secrets of the Great Investors) (reference)

  • Hard Money (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: HARD MONEY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

hard money lender

303

hard money

216

hard money loan

205

hard money financing

20

hard money lending

15

hard money mortgage

9

hard money store

8

hard money real estate

8

hard money source

7

hard money funding

7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: HARD MONEY

Language Translations for "HARD MONEY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

haard valuta (strong currency), hård valuta (strong currency), staerk valuta (strong currency), pengestykke (bullion, coin, metallic coin, specie), mønter (strong currency), mønt (bullion, coin, metallic coin, specie, The Mint, token). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

harde valuta (strong currency), sterke valuta (strong currency), specie (body, bullion, coin, dredged material, metallic coin, morter, paste, slurry, specie), munten (bullion, coin, coining, metallic coin, mint, specie, to mint), metaalgeld (bullion, coin, metallic coin, specie), gemunt metaal (bullion, coin, metallic coin, specie), geldstuk (bullion, coin, metallic coin, specie). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kolikko (bullion, coin, metallic coin, specie). (various references)

   

French

  

monnaie métallique, monnaie forte, monnaie dure, monnaie. (various references)

   

German

  

Hartgeld (bullion, coin, coinage, metallic coin, specie), harte Währung (hard currency, strong currency), starke Währung (strong currency), Metallmünze (bullion, coin, metallic coin, specie), Metallgeldstück (bullion, coin, metallic coin, specie), Münzgeld (bullion, coin, hard cash, metallic coin, specie), Münze (bit, bullion, coin, coinage, die, metallic coin, mint, piece, specie, stamp), Geldstück (bullion, coin, metallic coin, specie). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κέρμα (bullion, coin, metallic coin, specie, token), σκληρό νόμισμα (hard currency, strong currency), ισχυρό νόμισμα (strong currency), μεταλλικό νόμισμα (bullion, coin, metallic coin, specie). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

ércpénz (coinage, hard cash). (various references)

   

Italian

  

hard money (strong currency), moneta metallica (bullion, coin, metallic coin, specie), moneta forte (strong currency), moneta (bullion, cash, change, coin, coins, currency, medium of exchange, metallic coin, money, specie). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ardhay oneymay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

moeda metálica (bullion, coin, metallic coin, specie), moeda forte (hard disk, strong currency). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

moneda fuerte (strong currency). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

mynt (bullion, coin, coinage, coins, metallic coin, mint, money, piece, specie). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

peşin para (cash, for cash, hard cash, ready, ready cash, ready money, spot cash, the ready), nakit (bankroll, cash, hard cash, in specie, liquidity, money, prompt, ready, ready cash, ready money, specie, the ready), madeni para (coin, hard cash, piece, specie, token), demir para (change, coin, specie). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: HARD MONEY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-h-m-n-o-r-y"

-2 letters: anymore, draymen, harmony, herdman, madrone, menorah, yardmen.

-3 letters: daemon, damner, dehorn, denary, dreamy, dynamo, enamor, hadron, harden, harmed, horned, hoyden, hydrae, hymned, moaned, moaner, modern, normed, noyade, radome, random, remand, rhymed, roamed, rodman, rodmen, yarned, yeoman, yonder.

-4 letters: admen, adore, adorn, amend, anode, anomy, armed, deary, demon, denar, deray, derma, dormy, doyen, dream, drone, enorm, handy, hardy, hared, harem, hayed, hayer, heady, heard, henry, herma, heron, hoard, hoary, homed, homer, homey, honda, honed, honer, honey, horde, horny, hydra, hydro, hyena, hymen, madre, mahoe, maned, manor, mayed, mayor, meany, menad, monad, monde, money, morae, moray, mynah, named, namer, nerdy, nomad, oared, onery, oread, radon, ramen, randy, rayed, rayon, ready, redan, redon, reman, rhyme, roman, yamen, yearn.

-5 letters: aeon, aero, aery, ahem, ahoy, amen, army, dame, damn, dare, darn, dean, dear, demo, demy, deny, derm, doer, dome, dona, done, dore, dorm, dory, dram, dray, dyer, dyne, earn, emyd, eyra, hade, haed, haem, haen, hame, hand, hard, hare, harm, head, hear, herd, herm, hern, hero, hoar, hoed, hoer, home, homy, hone, hora, horn, hoya, hymn, made, mane, mano, many, mare, mayo, mead, mean, mend, meno, moan, mode, mony, mora, more, morn, myna, name, nard, nary, near, nema, nerd, node, noma, nome, norm, odea, ohed, omen, omer, orad, oyer, rand, read, ream, redo, rend, rhea, road, roam, roan, rode, rynd, yard, yare, yarn, yeah, yean, year, yodh, yond, yore.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-h-m-n-o-r-y"
 

+3 letters: dysmenorrhea, hydromancies.

 

+4 letters: dysmenorrheas, grandmotherly, hydromagnetic, hydroxylamine, thermodynamic.

 

+5 letters: hydromechanics, hydroxylamines, thermodynamics.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: HARD MONEY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 41 52 44      4D 4F 4E 45 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01000001 01010010 01000100 00100000 01001101 01001111 01001110 01000101 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#65 &#82 &#68 &#32 &#77 &#79 &#78 &#69 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0041 0052 0044      004D 004F 004E 0045 0059

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4235523824749483959

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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